Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Thinking about it now, the result of the dream madman's threat - the power to "dominate reality" is actually a manifestation of "free will" in essence.

"The reality we live in itself is "a dream with thousands of faces", but as creators, we cannot manipulate it as we like. In other words, we are like dreamers who cannot be clear, controlled by the subconscious mind of the Creator, and spend our lives Ride on the unknown destination train of "reality" and go to an unknown direction."

"You mean..." Lin Yu seemed to understand my intention suddenly, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his eyes, "The victory in the domination war gives us the right to be relatively free on the train of reality, hence the name 'free will'. As for What kind of effect this victory will show, does it all depend on the will of the ruler himself?"

I let out a sigh of relief and nodded slightly. Most of the rulers in the past joined this domination war because of the temptation to dominate reality, and what they longed for was of course the power to dominate reality. But it just so happened that Lin Yu and I didn't have such a wish, and the result of the competition was naturally distorted, not to mention the fact that we are even more dismissive of reality now.

At this time, the meteors in the sky had gradually broken the stalemate, and one of the meteors showed the drive to overwhelm the opponent. The one with the undoubted advantage is Qianyan. Lin met the situation and immediately forced himself to release "one person with thousands of faces", indicating that I would convey all the known things to him through our common thoughts to save time.

"...Before the pretend battle with you, Xia Qianyan told me more than once that she 'can't enter my dreamland'. It was only when I thought about it that I suddenly understood this. Previously, Xia Yinci used to treat me After all kinds of inducements, looking back now, she seems to have tried every means to make me interested in things other than "dominating reality."

"This is the same for tea cats..." In this long moment when his thoughts were running at a high speed - Lin Yuzheng biting his nails anxiously, muttering words, and the voice came directly into my mind, " ...the wish she bestowed on me was an appeal to the "truth of the world"."

"...So both of us have deviated from the direction of "dominating reality" without exception. Because of the threat of Su Erin being threatened by the dreamer half a year ago, my own expectation has also become "taking back the dominance of my dreams". , and later I got a reminder from Qianyan and the "future me"—"

——In any case, please believe in what you believe in the last end.

For what we rely on will eventually betray us. Then why does lucid dream exist for this train that wanders in reality?

"The result determined by this "free will" is an independent world that is dominated by me, whether it is virtual or not."

I sank the choked sobs stuck in my throat, and stared at this long time with tears in my eyes. The sea of ​​stars beside me was ebbing and flowing even at this moment, flooding with the light of longing.

Hey, Xia Yinci... that's why you insisted on letting me participate in the domination war, right?

"Lin Yu——please use "One Person, Thousand Faces" to the maximum extent on me, and steal my "Fantasy Clock"!"

Time suddenly broke through the ice, and Lin Yu immediately put down the hand next to his mouth, and the corner of his mouth curled up in a playful arc.

"You bastard... you're really good at forcing others."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Yu squeezed out the flames in his eyes, gritted his teeth, and struggled with his own fatigue. Sweat kept oozing out of his forehead, dripping down his cheeks like rain, and the flames escaped from his eye sockets as he shouted for victory, and flew into my eyes to lock the ancient golden clock.

At the same time, I also held the pointer of the imaginary existence on my chest, and waited until the moment when the scorching temperature appeared to push the time towards twelve o'clock. The two rapidly intensifying flames immediately collided and entangled with each other, stagnated in the air between me and Lin Yu, and pulled each other, and the last order all disappeared into my eye sockets, and penetrated into the depths of my brain, causing a wave of trembling all over my body.

[Imagination clock is a highly malleable ability, so before doubting it, please doubt yourself appropriately. 】

That being the case—by using it in combination with other people's abilities, it is considered to be using the plasticity of the "fantasy clock", right?

He clapped his hands together in front of his chest, and the golden clock instantly popped out of his eye sockets and appeared in reality. My own "fantasy clock" and the "fantasy clock" copied from Lin Yu's "one person with thousands of faces" intersect with each other at the peculiar time of 12 o'clock, and suddenly emit a light that can eclipse the surroundings.

The sudden abnormality finally stopped Qianyan who was fighting endlessly, she kicked the tea cat that flew over with the uppercut, and immediately approached me.

And Lin Yumang left my field of vision to catch the girl who fell like a meteor from the sky.

"Su Ruoyang. What are you doing?"

Qian Yan's eyes became flustered, she wanted to get close to me, but she was blocked several meters away by the airflow stirred up by the "fantasy clock", and beat the invisible wall between me and her helplessly.

"Wait... If you want to think of this as your own dreamland, we really have nowhere to go."

"No, Xia Qianyan, this should not be your destination."

The choice I couldn't make just now, I now have the answer——

"Does it mean that you gave up the future of surviving with me. I wait for your salvation. And you want to return me with the end of the world?"

"Xia Qianyan—"

I suddenly called her name loudly, and her petite figure suddenly trembled, and helpless tears shone in her eyes.

【In the near future, you will also remember the decisions you made in the distant past. I believe you can find the exit and get out of here. 】

That day—the words left by my future self when we said goodbye to me are still vivid in my memory.

And today is the near future. I have already thought of the decisions I made in the distant past, tens of thousands of years ago.

——I want to save Xia Qianyan and the world she created at the same time.

Indeed. When the A and B keys are pressed at the same time in the game, the system will give priority to the key pressed relatively earlier. But my future is by no means a game in which the plot lines have already been fixed, and it is not impossible to press the A and B buttons at the same time. If there is no "TRUE END" in the first place, then let me write about tomorrow when we cross March!

"Whether you are the Creator who created all living beings, or just a sleeping girl. This is my dream from now on, and I will decide our future!"

Almost as soon as the words were spoken, the golden clock suddenly shattered into fragments, emitting extremely dazzling flames, swallowing the entire world in front of me like the wings of a god.

——In the darkness where you can't see your fingers. No sound, no temperature; just darkness, cold, silence.

You wait to meet someone, but maybe no one is there, no one will come. But even so, at the end of your wait it must be me—

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, my ruler... I will look forward to the results of your choice. But as expected, I still hope you stay here and don't go back."

The harsh yet gentle voice dissipated in the air, and I recovered my vision from the darkness, only to see Qian Yan's figure slowly disappearing in front of my eyes.

I couldn't help stepping forward a few steps to hold her remaining warmth, but only a faint sliver of light passed through my empty palm, and the clock spinning at the end of her hair slipped away quietly.

Suddenly, I felt an unprecedented loneliness in my heart, as if I would never see her again. When I think that she may withdraw from my future, the strength in my whole body seems to be constantly draining. However, this time I have already made up my mind - the "HAPPYEND" I expect must have the existence of Xia Qianyan.

I don't know how long I stood under the crimson sky, when there were steady footsteps behind me.

Lin Yu hugged the bruised tea cat, she snuggled into his arms and said nothing, only Lin Yu and I looked at each other and raised our eyes.

"……it's over?"

"it's over."

I let go of the thousands of emotions in my heart, and released the powerless feeling accumulated in my chest with a sigh.

"What kind of future will be waiting for us in the next three months?" Lin Yu turned around and looked at the endless sea of ​​stars as if talking to himself, and suddenly turned around with a relaxed face and raised the corners of his mouth, "Forget it, It doesn't matter. If I can expect someone to make me happy during these three months, no matter where I will go after death, I will not waste my life."

"Hey... have you agreed to marry me?"

"Ahem, it's not...! Besides, the proposal is my task, okay! Why is it your turn to propose it first?"

"Because I promised to work hard for your happiness~" Tea Mao raised his small fist and lightly tapped his head, "Right? Hehe."

"Hey, you're big! I just wanted to create a romantic atmosphere for our reunion, but now you've ruined it."

Facing the reunion with the two who started feeding me dog food only half an hour ago, I couldn't help laughing for a while, but then I felt the world was cold and the smile faded away.

"Among us... even the life of the Creator is just a game for "people outside"?"

A game of the gods that is more child's play than domination of war.

"Maybe that's true. However, what we are really afraid of is not the game itself, but the sudden disorientation when the game ends and reality begins. After the game ends, where will we go? But such a problem is not clear until we die Right. So, instead of continuing to think about it, let's think about how to return to "our reality."

Lin Yu raised his thumb and pointed to the door of Xinghai Tavern behind him. I watched him silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

"...I said that the two of us always like to take turns getting frustrated."

"No, there is a problem, who will be with you and us..."

I walked into the gate of Xinghai Tavern while talking and laughing, and was instantly swept away by the darkness that invaded my vision.

Indeed, our present reality still has a debt to settle before the reality of the "outside" comes.

—It is enough that we live in the reality of the present until the tomorrow after March.